[Emotionally steady older man × younger man who flirts without realizing it]
[Mr. Fu, who loves his partner like a gardener tends flowers] & [Su, the little cat who flirts and runs]
1. Su Luo is the campus beauty of H University, famous as a wild rose no one can pick.
With her cold expression, she's beautiful but keeps everyone at arm's length. The corners of her eyes tilt upward, and her cool gaze feels like a Siberian wind, yet people can't stop themselves from rushing toward her.
But without exception, they all get scratched by this wild rose.
She narrows her eyes, her blood-red lips curling. "I'm not interested. Get lost."
So everyone says she's cold and probably a modern-day asexual.
Then a video takes the whole university by storm.
In it, Su Luo's eyes are narrowed and their corners are flushed. Her formerly cool gaze is hazy and unfocused as she wraps her arms around a man's neck and rises on tiptoe to kiss his thin lips, lingering over them.
There's no trace of that Siberian chill she once gave off.
Later, at a class reunion, someone can't resist asking about this unattainable beauty: "How did that handsome guy win you over? What made you say yes? He must have pursued you for ages, right?"
Su Luo tucks a loose strand of hair behind her ear and murmurs, "Well... what if I was the one who pursued him?"
2. Fu Qingzhuo has a mixed-race face like a sculpture. Even his friends in the sculpture department say he's God's masterpiece, and that he should be the sculpture: with his cool nature, he's practically a marble statue come to life.
Fu Qingzhuo knows he's cold by nature. At least, he's never been very interested in sex.
After a night of entanglement, he never imagined such a ridiculous thing could happen to him.
The next day, all he can do is call a friend to bring him some clothes. When his friend sees him, they're utterly shocked.
"Y-you... aren't you asexual?!"
"..."
3. Su Luo is so cold and distant that she hardly seems human. Outsiders see her as a beautiful but prickly flower. They think flowers should be picked if possible, and if they can't be picked, so be it.
No one thinks of tending a flower or loving it.
Only Fu Qingzhuo knows Su Luo's other side. She shows her prickly side to protect herself. In truth, one moment she can coldly tell someone to get lost, and the next she's crying because a stray cat has been adopted.
Sensitivity and self-doubt are the true colors beneath her beauty.
Fu Qingzhuo has no intention of picking this flower. He nurtures this thorn-covered bloom with his softest heart. Even when it leaves him covered in blood, his blood still nourishes its growth.
[Reader's Guide]
1. A journey from youthful fumbling to mature love and intimacy.
2. Learning to love yourself amid the confusion of university life.
3. A healing story about finding your place in the world.
Theme: Loving yourself means sleeping well and eating well.
